"known as the ISA, receives the message from Rama requesting two thousand humans. Upon its reception, the message is kept secret and, under the guise of a new Martian colony, the ISA starts acquiring its payload. The ISA selects a handful of their own representatives; meanwhile, they selectively gather convicts and promise them freedom if they are chosen to be a colonist. The payload is subdivided into three ships: the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria (names based on Christopher Columbus's ships Niña, Pinta, and Santa María) that arrive sequentially at Rama. At this point the colonists believe everything is a"
"Niña La Niña (Spanish for ""The Girl"") was one of the three Spanish ships used by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in his first voyage to the West Indies in 1492. As was tradition for Spanish ships of the day, she bore a female saint's name, Santa Clara. However, she was commonly referred to by her nickname, ""La Niña,"" which was probably a pun on the name of her owner, Juan Niño of Moguer. She was a standard caravel-type vessel. The other ships of the Columbus expedition were the caravel-type and the carrack-type . ""Niña"" was by far Columbus' favorite. She"
"ships. The largest was a carrack (Spanish: ""nao""), the ""Santa María"" ex-""Gallega"" (""Galician""). The other two were smaller caravels. The name of one is lost: it is known today only by the nickname ""Pinta"", which in Castilian of the time meant ""painted one"". The ""Santa Clara"" was nicknamed affectionately the ""Niña"" (""the little one""), a pun on the name of her owner, Juan Niño of Moguer. The monarchs forced the citizens of Palos to contribute to the expedition. The ""Santa María"" was owned by Juan de la Cosa and captained by Columbus. The ""Pinta"" and the ""Niña"" were piloted by"
"Haiti on December 25, 1492, and was lost. Realizing that the ship was beyond repair, Columbus ordered his men to strip the timbers from the ship. The timbers from the ship were later used to build Môle Saint-Nicolas, which was originally called ""La Navidad"" (Christmas) because the wreck occurred on Christmas Day. Following the sinking of the Santa Maria and the temporary loss of the Pinta, Columbus, who longed to return to Spain to announce his discoveries, chose to leave behind 36 men who did not fit in the Nina for the return trip. Along with Diego de Arana were"
"at the Wharf of the Caravels in Palos de la Frontera). The historic San Francisco restaurant Bernstein's Fish Grotto was designed to look like ""Niña"". Niña La Niña (Spanish for ""The Girl"") was one of the three Spanish ships used by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in his first voyage to the West Indies in 1492. As was tradition for Spanish ships of the day, she bore a female saint's name, Santa Clara. However, she was commonly referred to by her nickname, ""La Niña,"" which was probably a pun on the name of her owner, Juan Niño of Moguer. She was"
"Pinta (ship) La Pinta (Spanish for ""The Painted One"", ""The Look"", or ""The Spotted One"") was the fastest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first transatlantic voyage in 1492. The New World was first sighted by Rodrigo de Triana aboard ""La Pinta"" on 12 October 1492. The owner of ""La Pinta"" was Cristobal Quintero. The Quintero brothers were ship owners from Palos. The owner of the ship allowed Martin Alonso Pinzon to take over the ship so he could keep an eye on the ship. ""La Pinta"" was a caravel-type vessel. By tradition Spanish ships were"
"or tuns) burthen, or burden, and was used as the flagship for the expedition. ""Santa María"" had a single deck and three small masts. The other ships of the Columbus expedition were the smaller caravel-type ships ""Santa Clara""; one particular ship sailed for 46 years and was remembered as ""La Niña"" (""""The Girl""""), and ""La Pinta"" (""""The Painted""""). All these ships were second-hand (if not third- or more) and were not intended for exploration. ""Niña"", ""Pinta"", and the ""Santa María"" were modest-sized merchant vessels comparable in size to a modern cruising yacht. The exact measurements of length and width of"
"circular wind pattern, clockwise in direction, in both legs of his voyage. At 8:00 on the morning of 3 August 1492, Columbus departed from Castilian Palos de la Frontera (on the river Saltes, at the confluence of the rivers Rio Tinto and Rio Odiel). Columbus and his crew embarked on a voyage to find a shorter route to India and the Orient with three medium-sized ships, the ""Niña"" (real name ""Santa Clara""), the ""Pinta"", and the ""Santa Maria"". The ships were the property of Juan de la Cosa and the Pinzón brothers (Martín Alonso Pinzón and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón), but"
"Columbus himself took command of ""Santa María"", Martin Alonso Pinzon of ""La Pinta"", and his brothers, Francis Martin and Vicente Yanez, of ""La Niña"". The whole company in all three ships likely numbered 90 men (Santa Maria-40, La Nina-24, La Pinta-26) although some historians cite 120 men. A replica of ""La Pinta"" was built by the Spanish government for the Columbian Naval Review of 1893. Along with replicas of ""Santa María"" and ""La Niña"", it participated in the review. Replicas are on display at In 2005, a replica of ""La Pinta""- although 15 feet longer and 8 feet wider than"
"the original- was launched by the Christopher Columbus Foundation. This ship weighs 101 tons and often sails alongside an authentic replica of ""La Niña"", which was launched in 1991. Pinta (ship) La Pinta (Spanish for ""The Painted One"", ""The Look"", or ""The Spotted One"") was the fastest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first transatlantic voyage in 1492. The New World was first sighted by Rodrigo de Triana aboard ""La Pinta"" on 12 October 1492. The owner of ""La Pinta"" was Cristobal Quintero. The Quintero brothers were ship owners from Palos. The owner of the ship"
"1492, the ""Santa María"", ""Pinta"", and ""Niña"" left Palos on their voyage of discovery. Admiral Columbus captained the flagship ""Santa María"", Pinzón was captain of the ""Pinta""; his middle brother Francisco was master. It was from the ""Pinta"" that Rodrigo de Triana would be the first to sight land in the Americas. During the voyage, Pinzón demonstrated on several occasions his gifts as an expert mariner and as a leader. When the tiller of the ""Pinta"" broke ""en route"" to the Canary Islands, Columbus, who could not get close enough to help from the ""Santa María"": These and other acts"
"Vicente Yáñez Pinzón Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (; Palos de la Frontera, Spain, c. 1462 – after 1514) was a Spanish navigator, explorer, and ""conquistador"", the younger of the Pinzón brothers. Along with his older brother, Martín Alonso Pinzón (""c."" 1441 – ""c."" 1493), who captained the ""Pinta"", he sailed with Christopher Columbus on the first voyage to the New World, in 1492, as captain of the ""Niña"". Scholars believe his claims of fortune raised by him fueled the dispossession of many of the people in the Caribbean. Pinzón was born in Palos de la Frontera on the Atlantic coast of"
"the Americas. Columbus took command of the ""Niña""; Martín Alonso Pinzón retained command of the ""Pinta"". On March 15, 1493, after having touched down at the Azores and at Lisbon, the ""Niña"" arrived on the banks of the Río Tinto in the Spanish province of Huelva. Columbus, the Niño brothers and the rest of the crew from Moguer headed immediately to Moguer, bringing with them some Caribbean natives whom they had taken on their voyage back, and also bringing several parrots. The people of Moguer greeted them happily; Columbus and his crew headed promptly to the Santa Clara Monastery to"
"vessel, with sails and a steam engine, armed with six Schneider-Canet cannon and two Hotchkiss guns. The corvette was commissioned in France by Commodore Ángel Ortiz Monasterio, who sailed her across the Atlantic on her maiden voyage, arriving at Veracruz on 13February 1892. Under the command of Captain Reginald Carey Brenton, an officer of the British Royal Navy on a five-year assignment to the Mexican Navy as an instructor, she sailed back to Europe in October 1892. At the Spanish port of Palos de la Frontera, from where the ""Pinta"", ""Niña"", and ""Santa María"" sailed in 1492, she attended the"
"storing ships that would be able to join them. They needed a ship that would be a huge storehouse of supplies as well as be able to have the consolidated power of a caravel, hence the invention of naus. Caravels and naus created an unmatchable team for explorers. Columbus used one nau, the Santa Maria, and two caravels, the Pinta and Niña, on his journey across the Atlantic. It was so successful because it had defensive armaments and the team was highly maneuverable; they were similar to floating batteries of firepower. Vasco da Gama saw the success of Columbus and"
"Martín Alonso Pinzón Martín Alonso Pinzón, (; Palos de la Frontera, Huelva; c. 1441 – c. 1493) was a Spanish mariner, shipbuilder, navigator and explorer, oldest of the Pinzón brothers. He sailed with Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the New World in 1492, as captain of the ""Pinta"". His youngest brother Vicente Yáñez Pinzón was captain of the ""Niña"", and the middle brother Francisco Martín Pinzón was ""maestre"" (first mate) of the ""Pinta"". The Pinzón family was among the leading families of Palos de la Frontera in the late 15th century. There are several conflicting theories about the"
"looking toward its surrounding gardens. Fontanilla The Fontanilla is the former public fountain of Palos de la Frontera in Spain where, according to tradition, these fountains provided the water for the ships of Cristopher Columbus's first voyage—the ""Santa María"", the ""Niña"", and the ""Pinta""—when, on 3 August 1492, they departed from Palos de la Frontera, captained by Columbus and by Palos's own Pinzón Brothers. That voyage is widely considered to constitute the discovery of the Americas by Europeans. La Fontanilla is the least dramatic, but perhaps the most original and authentic monument among the so-called ""Lugares colombinos"", the places in"
"Santa María (ship) La Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción (Spanish for: The Holy Mary of the Immaculate Conception), or La Santa María, originally La Gallega, was the largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. Her master and owner was Juan de la Cosa. ""Santa María"" was built in Pontevedra, Galicia, in Spain's north-west region. ""Santa María"" was probably a medium-sized nau (carrack), about long on deck, and according to Juan Escalante de Mendoza in 1575, ""Santa Maria"" was """"very little larger than"" 100 toneladas"" (about 100 tons,"
"maintain friendly, even loving, relations with the natives. He set sail from Cádiz, Spain, on September 24, 1493. The fleet for the second voyage was much larger: two naos and 15 caravels. The two naos were the flagship ""Marigalante"" and the ""Gallega""; the caravels were the ""Fraila"", ""San Juan"", ""Colina"", ""Gallarda"", ""Gutierre"", ""Bonial"", ""Rodriga"", ""Triana"", ""Vieja"", ""Prieta"", ""Gorda"", ""Cardera"", and ""Quintera"". The ""Niña"" returned for this expedition, which also included a ship named ""Pinta"" probably identical to that from the first expedition. In addition, the expedition saw the construction of the first ship in the Americas, the ""Santa Cruz"" or"
"all rights to Atlantic and African lands and seas, with the exception of the Canary Islands, which remained Castilian. Many natives of Palos nevertheless violated the agreement and encroached upon Portuguese sea routes in the Atlantic. On August 3, 1492, the Pinta, Niña, and Santa María sailed from Palos. On board were Christopher Columbus and the Pinzón Brothers, who were natives of Palos. Palos is also the site of the Rábida Monastery where Columbus consulted with the Franciscans about his plans for organizing an expedition of discovery. The three ships landed in America on October 12, 1492. The Santa María"
"tribute, and decided to fund Christopher Columbus's expedition in the hope of bypassing Portugal's monopoly on west African sea routes, to reach ""the Indies"" (east and south Asia) by travelling west. Twice before, in 1485 and 1488, Columbus had presented the project to king John II of Portugal, who rejected it. On the evening of 3 August 1492, Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera with three ships; one larger carrack, ""Santa María"", nicknamed ""Gallega"" (""the Galician""), and two smaller caravels, ""Pinta"" (""the Painted"") and ""Santa Clara"", nicknamed ""Niña"". Columbus first sailed to the Canary Islands, where he restocked for"
"water. As it sailed, the fleet of Columbus consisted of ""Gallega"" (the ""Galician""), which he changed to ""Santa María"", and of ""La Pinta"" and ""La Niña"". Of these the first two were of a tonnage that should be rated as about one hundred and thirty tons. ""La Niña"" was much smaller, not more than fifty tons. One writer says that they were all without full decks, that is, that such decks as they had did not extend from stem to stern. Other authorities, however, speak as if ""La Niña"" was only an open vessel, and the two larger were decked."
"told from the point of view of the sailors who made the voyage. The main item of interest at the museum is the trio of replica ships: the ""Pinta"", ""Niña"", and ""Santa María"". The replicas were fashioned in the fishing port of Isla Cristina in western Huelva province as part of the celebrations of the fifth centenary of the Discovery of the Americas, and were the principle motive to create the Wharf of the Caravels. They are now moored at a semicircular dock. Visitors can board and tour each ship for a firsthand view of their holds and cabins. Although"
"Fontanilla The Fontanilla is the former public fountain of Palos de la Frontera in Spain where, according to tradition, these fountains provided the water for the ships of Cristopher Columbus's first voyage—the ""Santa María"", the ""Niña"", and the ""Pinta""—when, on 3 August 1492, they departed from Palos de la Frontera, captained by Columbus and by Palos's own Pinzón Brothers. That voyage is widely considered to constitute the discovery of the Americas by Europeans. La Fontanilla is the least dramatic, but perhaps the most original and authentic monument among the so-called ""Lugares colombinos"", the places in Huelva closely associated with Columbus's"
"1501, she made a trading voyage to the Pearl Coast on the island of Cubagua, Venezuela, and no further log of her is found in historic archives. ""Niña"" logged at least under Columbus' command. A replica of ""Niña"" was built by the Spanish government for the Columbian Naval Review of 1893. Along with replicas of ""Santa María"" and ""Pinta"" she participated in the review. A replica of ""Niña"" (based upon theory; there are no known contemporary likenesses of any of the three ships) now sails around the world. The 4-masted replica ""Niña"" was built 1988-1991 by engineer and naval researcher"
"becoming the flagship for an exploration of Cuba. She was the only ship to survive the 1495 hurricane, returning quickly to Spain in 1496. ""Niña"" was then chartered for an unauthorized voyage to Rome. She was captured by a pirate corsair when leaving the port of Cagliari and brought to Cape Pula, Sardinia. The Captain, Alonso Medel, escaped with a few men. He stole a boat, rowed back to ""Niña"", and made sail, returning to Cádiz. In 1498, she returned to Hispaniola as advance guard of Columbus' Third Voyage. She was lying in wait at Santo Domingo in 1500. In"
"port of Palos, from which expeditions had set forth to the African coasts as well as to the war against Portugal, for which most of the armadas set forth from this town, organized, on many occasions, by this family. Martín Alonso and Vicente Yáñez, captains of the caravels ""La Pinta"" and ""La Niña"", respectively on Columbus's first voyage, are the best known of the brothers, but the third brother, the lesser-known Francisco Martín, was aboard the ""Pinta"" as its master. It was thanks to Martín Alonso that the seamen of the Tinto-Odiel were motivated to participate in Columbus's undertaking. He"
"the captain) of the ""Pinta"", the first ship to sight land in the Americas. Although he was less known than his two brothers, he played a major role both in voyages of discovery and in service to the Crown. His personal and family story is confused, because several relatives shared this same name, frequently leading historians to confuse them. Nonetheless, he seems to have been married to Juana Martín and to have had at least one daughter, who we find documented as ""an orphan"" and ""poor"" (""""huérfana y pobre""""). With his brother Vicente, he made several voyages to Italy and"
"friends. Del Prete helped Pinedo prepare for a six-month Rome-Australia-Tokyo-Rome flight Pinedo made with mechanic Ernesto Campanelli in 1925. In 1927, Del Prete joined Pinedo and mechanic Vitale Zacchetti in flying the Savoia-Marchetti S.55 flying boat ""Santa Maria"" under Pinedo's command on the ""Four Continents"" flight, intended to take them from Italy to Africa and across the Atlantic Ocean to Brazil, followed by several stops in South America and the Caribbean, a tour of the United States and Canada, and a transatlantic flight back to Europe ultimately ending in Rome. Leaving Cagliari, Sardinia, on 13 February 1927, they stopped at"
"Wharf of the Caravels The Wharf of the Caravels () is a museum in Palos de la Frontera, in the province of Huelva, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Its most prominent exhibits are replicas of Christopher Columbus's boats for his first voyage to the Americas, the ""Niña"", the ""Pinta"", and the ""Santa María"". These were built in 1992 for the Celebration of the Fifth Centenary of the Discovery of the Americas. The replica caravels were built between 1990 and 1992, put through shakedown voyages and then, in 1992, sailed the route of Columbus's voyage. The museum is operated by the"
"frigate approached ""Minerve"", which made ready to engage. However, two Spanish ships of the line and two more frigates approached. Skillful sailing enabled Cockburn to escape with ""Minerve"" but the Spaniards recaptured ""Santa Sabina"" and her prize crew. On the evening of 1 August 1799, at 9 P.M., ""Minerve""s boats came alongside . Captain Francis Austen of ""Peterel"" sent these boats and his own to cut out some vessels from the Bay of Diano, near Genoa. Firing was heard at around midnight and by morning the boats returned, bringing with them a large settee carrying wine, and the ""Virginie"", a"
"was originally lateen sail rigged ""caravela latina"", but she was re-rigged as ""caravela redonda"" at Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands, with square sails for better ocean performance. There is no authentic documentation on the specifics of ""Niña""s design, although Michele de Cuneo, who accompanied Columbus on his second voyage, mentioned that ""Niña"" was """"about"" 60 toneladas"" (60 tons), which may indicate a medium-sized caravel of around in length on deck. Often said to have had three masts, there is some evidence she may have had four masts. ""Niña"", like ""Pinta"" and ""Santa María"", was a smaller trade ship built"
"with ""Almirante Barroso"", they flew to Natal, Brazil, to begin the South American phase of the flight. After stops at various cities in South America including Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Montevideo, Uruguay, and Asunción, Paraguay, the three Italians began a long leg over the dense jungle of Brazil's Mato Grosso region on 16 March 1927. At one point, a Brazilian river boat had to tow the ""Santa Maria"" for 200 miles (322 kilometers) along the Paraguay River in search of a suitable takeoff area after a refueling stop, but on 20 March they completed their crossing of"